Race and Racism
the name for the system of classification, with no biological basis, that uses certain physical characteristics to divide the human population into supposedly discrete groups
Race
A story that is told about the founding and history of a particular group to reinforce a common sense of identity is called an
Origin myth
_________ society is based on the sharing of resources to ensure group success and has relatively low hierarchy and violence.
egalitarian
Rising sea levels and rising water temperature are primarily caused by
climate change
Britt Halvorson and Joshua Reno looked at this piece of media for their analysis of whiteness in America.
a Jeep commercial staring Bruce Springsteen called "the Middle"
If you started at the equator and walked northward, you would notice a general trend of skin color getting lighter. This is an example of what?
Cline
Most ethnic groups establish traits that set them apart from others and identify members of their own groups. Anthropologists call these
Ethnic Boundary Markers
The Ju/Hoansi, Inuit, Hadza, Amish, and Hutterites are examples of ___________ societies.
egalitarian
The current historical era in which human activity is reshaping the planet in permanent ways is called _________
the Anthropocene
Amelia Fiske traveled to __________ for her ethnographic fieldwork, which involved attending ____________ tours.
Ecuador, Toxic
What do anthropologists call institutional patterns and policies as well as individuals’ thoughts and actions that create or reproduce unequal access to power, privilege, resources, and opportunities based on race?
Racism
Myanmar’s military seems determined to erase the Rohingya from the nation’s history and ultimately the planet. This is an example of
genocide
What is the name for an elaborate feast that establishes or reestablishes status and prestige for the chief?
Potlatch
Those who are the most susceptible to environmental vulnerability are the people who have benefited the _________ from global capitalism.
least
In her blog post on her research, Sophie Chao found that Indigenous Marind people described ______ created by the Indonesian government and ____________ companies to be "dead."
maps, palm oil
President Barack Obama’s mother was a white woman (and an anthropologist!) from Kansas and his father was a Black man from Kenya. Which deeply embedded concept of racial division is revealed by the way people regard his race and even debate his birthplace?
Hypodescent
As immigrant arrivals to the United States peaked in the mid-1900s, newcomers dispersed into cities and towns, often attempting to “blend in.” This was done to embrace their new lives, but it was also a way of trying to stay safe from prejudice and hatred. What term describes this process of “blending in”?
Assimilation
Countries such as Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are among those that have offered increasingly generous social benefits to their populations. What is the most likely result of this kind of action by the state?
it may help narrow stratification
The displacement and pacification of Indigenous people and expropriation of their lands and resources is called _______________
settler colonialism
Since the 1960's, oil production in _______, led by U.S.-based companies, involved dumping _____________ in unlined ponds, damaging the ecosystem and creating cataclysmic health consequences for __________ communities.
Ecuador, production waters, Indigenous/Kichwa
The political argument over whether to build a wall between Mexico and the United States reflects, in part, which long-standing aspect of how race is constructed and managed in the United States?
Nativism
The Tutsi and the Hutu originally considered themselves a single group of people differing primarily by occupation; however, the ________ colonial administration began treating the pastoral Tutsi people as different from and superior to the Hutu farmers. Eventually, these two groups of people also began to see each other as different, which led to a terrible genocide. This was set in motion by the promotion of misinformation about the Tutsi, accomplished by those in a position of power, who are considered __________
Belgian, identity entrepreneurs
According to Karl Marx’s argument, capitalists profit by extracting _________ labor value from workers, profiting from the difference between the ________ and the production costs.
Surplus, sale price
Hurricane Katrina had a catastrophic effect on New Orleans, particularly in the predominately Black Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood. Residents were told to evacuate from this neighborhood, where they were met with vigilante mobs who armed and barricaded their street to stop "looters."
Algiers Point
The dollar amount Donald charges for his Toxic Tours.
zero